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being plows be far from the truth. The pottery is represented by several 
fragments of large jugs or vases, which are very elaborately ornamented ; 
more so, I believe, than is usually the case, even with the earthenware 
of the mound-builders. 
There is one roughly fashioned specimen of perforated stone, which 
would at first glance be looked upon as a poorly made chungké stone. I 
call attention particularly to it because in the exhibit from the Cape of 
Hope there is a fac-simile of this Arkansas specimen, which, the 
commissioner from the Cape says, is a root-digger; a wooden handle 
is inserted in the perforation of ‘the stone, and it is then used to drag 
away the earth from long tubers, in order that they may be gathered 
without fracture. May it not be that some of these rude chungké 
stones, especially those that are small and not polished, were used thus, 
and not for playing the game which has given a name to perhaps more 
than two forms of stone implements ? — Cuas. C. Ansorr, M. D. 
Stone IMPLEMENTS FROM OHIO, AT THE PHILADELPHIA EXHIBI- 
tiox.— The collections here brought together, and very conveniently 
arranged, occupy fourteen large cases, and give an excellent idea of 
the proficiency in flint-chipping attained by the aboriginal peoples of 
that State. Of the arrangement of the great number of specimens here 
exhibited, but one word other than of praise need be said. Would it 
not have been better to separate the ‘surface-found or Indian relics from 
such as are referable to the mound-builders; or is this indeed imprac- 
ticable ? 
Without further comment on the exhibit itself, which is so highly 
creditable to those having it in charge, I desire to make some compara- 
tive notes upon it, with reference to the allied and identical forms of 
stone implements found in New Jersey. 
The isplay of arrow and spear heads is very complete. In compari- 
Sou with those from New Jersey, the large number of specimens with 
“trated edges in the Ohio collection is very noticeable. They are not 
at all abundant in New Jersey ; and the same may be remarked of the 
twisted or “rifle” arrow-points, of which there are a number on exhibi- 
tion. Every type, both American and Eurọpean, is well represented, 
and the gradation into spear and javelin heads is well shown. Of these 
larger forms, many are truly magnificent specimens of flint work, and 
Soia well with the best specimens of Danish implements of the same 
attern, 
The exhibit of grooved stone axes, like that of the arrow-heads, is 
very large, They vary but little in pattern, but considerably in size, 
gest specimen weighing sixteen and a half pounds. These axes 
are in all respects identical with those from New Jersey, the one differ- 
ence in the series being a comparative absence of those not haying the 
groove extending entirely around the specimen. The majority of stone 
axes found in New Jersey certainly are of this pattern. 
